Korg PolySix

The PolySix was a milestone because, along with the Roland Juno 6 which appeared almost
simultaneously, in 1981 the PolySix was the first opportunity ordinary
mortals had to get their hands on a proper programmable polysynth. Up
until then, you had to be loaded to afford a Prophet 5, Oberheim OB-Xa, or Roland Jupiter 8.

At first glance it looks like a scaled-down Mono/Poly, but really it's not! In fact it had a
lot of great new features such as 32 memory patches, 6 voices of
polyphony, cassette backup of memory, even programmable modulation
effects and Chorus, Phase, Ensemble!

The Polysix has warm-sounding real analog oscillators, softer and
brassy-er sounding than the Juno. Engage the built-in Chorus on a simple
single-oscillator sawtooth patch and you were pretty darned close to
that expensive Prophet sound. But the big ace in the Polysix's hand was
the Ensemble effect. Instant Mellotron-like strings.

Like the Mono/Poly the voices can be played in Unison for a 6-oscillator
lead sound that was so big, it was often too big! The advanced
arpeggiator can memorize and sequence chords across the keyboard. The
PolySix has now been recreated in software as part of the Korg Legacy
software bundle! The PolySix has been used by Eat Static, Geoff
Downes, Astral Projection, Jimi Tenor, Global Communications, Kitaro,
Robert Rich, Keith Emerson and Tears for Fears.

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